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Jennifer Van Grove
Jennifer Van Grove covers growth and development for The San Diego Union Tribune. She is an award-winning journalist with more than a decade of experience reporting on business news. She began her career covering technology companies and broader industry trends for digital publications such as CNET and Mashable. She is a San Diego native and a graduate of UCLA.
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Ballpark District Community Partnership será responsable de la seguridad, la limpieza y la mejora diaria de las manzanas que rodean el estadio

Ballpark District created to clean up blocks around Petco Park
A nonprofit d with the San Diego Padres will soon be responsible for the daily security, cleanliness and enhancement of the blocks around the Major League Baseball stadium.

The Headquarters in downtown San Diego slated to be sold for $34.9 million
The Board of Port Commissioners is set to consider the proposed change in leasehold ownership at the end of the week. The agency must sign off on the deal as...

El propietario del Costa Verde Center quiere convertir el centro comercial cerrado en su propio vecindario
El nuevo propietario está elaborando un plan maestro para un desarrollo de uso mixto

Costa Verde Center owner wants to turn shuttered strip mall into its own neighborhood
New owner is crafting a master plan for a mixed-use development with thousands of residential units, and ground-floor shops and restaurants spread across 13 different blocks.

El paisajismo alrededor del Edificio Botánico del Parque Balboa recibirá una renovación de $10 millones
La organización sin fines de lucro Forever Balboa Park pronto comenzará trabajos de restauración exterior en los jardines

Mission Valley’s Hazard Center is getting a new name, look and vibe
The property's new owner is rebranding the retail and office complex as The Landing at HZRD and investing $5 million to give the place a fresh feel.

Landscaping around Balboa Park’s Botanical Building will get a $10M makeover
Nonprofit Forever Balboa Park will soon begin exterior restoration work on the building's gardens and lawns, and will recreate a historic pergola that went missing during World War II.

San Diego preparing to put downtown’s old Central Library on the market
The vacant, historic property at 820 E St. is slated to be offered for sale or lease, pending City Council approval.

Auction date set for downtown San Diego’s Campus at Horton
With hundreds of millions of dollars in unpaid debt, developer Stockdale Capital Partners has only a few weeks to work out a solution with its lender for the 10-acre property...

Una nueva visión para el Centro Cívico de San Diego busca el renacimiento del centro
Los promotores del centro buscan convertir una visión recién publicada de seis bloques de bienes raíces

Balboa Park Powwow celebrates Native American singing, dancing
Annual community gathering, now in its 37th year, is marked by its a circular arena where singers and dancers from different tribes perform throughout the day.

Hotel descartado del plan para un sitio de la Marina en la Bahía de San Diego
Los desarrolladores de Lane Field ahora se centran principalmente en construir un lugar de entretenimiento

‘There’s just no capital.’ Hotel scrapped from plan for Navy site on San Diego Bay
Lane Field developers are now primarily focused on building an entertainment venue on a reduced portion of the 1220 Pacific Highway property.

New vision for San Diego’s Civic Center strives for renaissance of downtown
Downtown boosters seek to turn a just-released vision for six blocks of city-owned real estate into something more than pretty pictures despite city's budget woes.

Famous geneticist moving research institute to RaDD project on San Diego Bay
J. Craig Venter Institute, now in La Jolla, has leased 50,000 square feet of space at IQHQ's 1.7-million-square-foot life science campus in downtown San Diego

Developer remaking Sorrento Mesa buildings into office condos
Abington Emerson Investments bought the buildings at 5665 and 5677 Oberlin Drive with plans to convert them into 26 individual, for-sale office units.

Driver killed after crashing into wall in Poway
A 51-year-old man died in a crash near Pomerado Road and Kaitz Street

12-year-old girl killed while crossing Encinitas street
The girl was hit by a car while crossing the street near Encinitas Boulevard and Village Square Drive

El desarrollador de Seaport San Diego pide a los legisladores estatales que agilicen el proceso de revisión ambiental
La SB 675 requeriría que la Comisión Costera revise el megaproyecto propuesto para la costa de San Diego

Seaport San Diego developer asks state lawmakers to expedite environmental review process
SB 675 would require the Coastal Commission to review the mega project proposed for San Diego's waterfront at a faster pace and limit the agency's ability to block the project.

Chula Vista police fatally shoot allegedly armed man in Bonita
Chula Vista police officers fatally shot an allegedly armed, 56-year-old man after responding to a call involving a family disturbance

El centro comercial ‘The Headquarters’ en el centro de San Diego tendrá un nuevo propietario
LBX Investments está en proceso de adquirir el arrendamiento del emblemático centro comercial ubicado en 789 W. Harbor Drive del actual propietario TRC Retail.

New owner in the works for The Headquarters in downtown San Diego
LBX Investments is in the process of acquiring the leasehold for the landmark retail center at 789 W. Harbor Drive from current owner TRC Retail.

Prebys Foundation buys Wells Fargo Plaza tower to uplift downtown San Diego
The real estate acquisition is being framed by the philanthropic organization as a business decision that doubles as an investment in the city's struggling central business district.

Fairgrounds 2050: State institution to craft new plan for 324 acres of land
The 22nd District Agricultural Association, which produces the San Diego County Fair, has kicked off a county-wide public outreach effort as part of a planning effort that should culminate with...

Downtown tower, Five50West, surrendered to lender
Asset management firm Barings took back the 20-story office building at 550 W. C St. in downtown San Diego through a deed in lieu of foreclosure.

SANDAG moves into new, pricier downtown HQ
San Diego's lead transportation agency officially started its residency as the anchor office tenant at West, where it is leasing less space than before but is now closer to transit.

East Village block will get a $3.8M ‘greenway’ in place of parking lane
The city is converting a parking lane on a one-block stretch of 14th Street in downtown San Diego into an urban park with kid-friendly amenities and new landscaping.

Desarrollador local compra propiedad de 10 acres en Miramar Road zonificada para viviendas
Desarrollador local compra propiedad de 10 acres en Miramar Road zonificada para viviendas

Local developer buys 10-acre, Miramar Road property zoned for housing
Pacifica Companies purchased the Miramar Landing shopping center and an adjacent office building for $30.6 million.

Análisis de Midway Rising arroja nuevos detalles sobre el plan del estadio deportivo de San Diego
El borrador del informe de impacto ambiental detalla cómo el gran proyecto cambiará el paisaje del sitio de 49 acres

Midway Rising analysis sheds new light on plan for San Diego’s sports arena site
Draft environmental impact report details how the large project will change the landscape of the 49-acre site during and after the 10-year development period.

Planean remodelar la sede del Departamento de Policía del Puerto en la Bahía de San Diego
El Puerto de San Diego quiere demoler la sede de policía de 77 años de antigüedad en East Harbor Island

Harbor Police Department HQ on San Diego Bay slated for redevelopment
The Port of San Diego wants to demolish the 77-year-old police headquarters on East Harbor Island and erect a new facility at an estimated cost between $80 million and $100...

DOGE targets 5 government office leases in San Diego for termination
The federal government reform team is seeking to end leases totaling 40,242 square feet of space across San Diego County, although some landlords have yet to be notified of the...

Partial lease on the table for Balboa Park’s decaying Starlight Bowl, but future still uncertain
San Diego has restricted lease negotiations with nonprofit Save Starlight for the historic venue's upper concourse, an area that excludes the 3,600-seat bowl and the large stage below.

San Diego to reconsider denial of All Peoples Church project in Del Cerro
City Council will revisit their decision to block the controversial project, which is proposing to build a a 54,476-square-foot sanctuary building and parking garage on a vacant site near...

Port of San Diego renames DEI team, removes language from website
The agency renamed its DEI team the Culture of Belonging team, but maintains the change is not meant to disguise DEI efforts from the federal government

La atracción de medusas de SeaWorld San Diego abrirá el 15 de marzo
Joyas del Mar: Una Experiencia de Medusas invita a los visitantes del parque a ver diferentes especies de medusas

Judge sides with city, Padres development team on one claim against Tailgate Park deal
A Superior Court judge tossed out the claim that San Diego broke state environmental law in a government watchdog group's lawsuit seeking to kill the real estate transaction. The judge...

SeaWorld San Diego’s jellyfish attraction will open March 15
Jewels of the Sea: A Jellyfish Experience invites park guests to view different species of jellyfish in three, themed galleries and is said to have one of the largest jelly...

Campus at Horton in foreclosure
Developer Stockdale Capital Partners could lose the 10-acre property in the heart of downtown San Diego if it doesn't pay its lender $351.2 million within 90 days.

Costa Verde Center near UTC sold for $124M
A London buyer with local ties has purchased the shuttered strip mall for a mixed-use project that will likely include apartments on the recently rezoned property.

Shea Homes buys office park and 23 acres of undeveloped land in Scripps Ranch
The homebuilder recently acquired five plots of land along Scripps Ranch Boulevard and Meanley Drive from life science real estate developer Alexandria Real Estate Equities

El campus de investigación de Torrey Pines cambia de manos por $159 millones
El desarrollador inmobiliario de ciencias de la vida Breakthrough Properties compró el complejo

Propiedad de oficinas en Sorrento Mesa será convertida en cientos de apartamentos
“Es un poco pionero, estamos llevando viviendas multifamiliares a una zona... donde no hay mucha vivienda,”

Torrey Pines research campus trades hands for $159M
Life science real estate developer Breakthrough Properties bought the three-building Muse complex at 3030, 3040 and 3050 Science Park Road.

Sorrento Mesa office property slated to be redeveloped with hundreds of apartments
Multi-family housing developer JPI plans to replace an office building following adoption of a community plan that allows housing in parts of Sorrento Mesa dominated by jobs.

San Diego selecciona un equipo para convertir el 101 Ash St. en viviendas de bajo ingreso
La ciudad iniciará negociaciones exclusivas con Create Dev LLC y MRK Partners.

San Diego selects team to convert 101 Ash St. into low-income housing
The team is proposing to rehabilitate the 21-story office tower with 250 subsidized apartments

Details emerge about dueling bids for 101 Ash St. ahead of potential decision
Competing development teams believe they can tie a bow on San Diego's high-profile real estate blunder by creating 250 or more apartments for low-income families.

Unpaid bills, a dead deal and a looming due date. It’s crunch time for the Campus at Horton
Developer Stockdale Capital Partners insists that 2025 will mark a visible turning point for the project that has been beset by challenges, some out of its control.

‘It only takes one.’ Flush with cash, IQHQ bullish on life science hub on San Diego Bay
Life science real estate developer IQHQ ended 2024 with $900 million more in the bank and is in advanced talks with prospective research tenants for its RaDD project.

Irvine Company sells 2 downtown San Diego office towers
Two privately held real estate companies picked up the skyscrapers on Broadway in separate transactions at the end of 2024. Both buyers will continue operating the properties as office buildings.

El proyecto Manchester/Edgemoor para la propiedad de NAVWAR de 70 acres toma forma
El equipo de desarrollo seleccionado para transformar el campus militar del Distrito Midway propone instalaciones navales de reemplazo

Manchester/Edgemoor project for 70-acre NAVWAR property takes shape
The development team selected to remake Midway District military campus is proposing replacement Navy facilities, thousands of residential units, millions of square feet of commercial space and two hotels.

Ex comisionada del puerto de San Diego busca más de $1 millón en daños por ‘represalia ilegal’ de la agencia
Sandy Naranjo presentó una reclamación por daños y perjuicios ante el puerto

‘We have options.’ San Diego may be able to deny Turquoise tower in Pacific Beach
State housing agency confirms the project's eligibility for controversial density bonuses — but stops short of requiring the city to approve the project.

Former port commissioner seeking more than $1M in damages for agency’s ‘unlawful retaliation’
Sandy Naranjo filed a tort claim with the port, alleging the agency falsely accused her of misconduct and pushed for her ouster, ultimately leading to a loss of income and...

Port buys Coronado Cays lease for $3M, kills controversial RV resort project
The Port of San Diego has agreed to buy out the lease for the property at 30 North Grand Caribe in Coronado, giving the agency total control over the land...

San Diego abandona el plan para un nuevo Ayuntamiento
El alcalde Todd Gloria ha suspendido un ambicioso plan de renovación para los terrenos del Centro Cívico

Balboa Park’s Botanical Building reopens after $26.5M restoration
Closed for nearly three years, the debut of the painstakingly restored park attraction coincides with the start of San Diego's annual December Nights festivities.

San Diego abandons plan for new City Hall
Mayor Todd Gloria has tabled an ambitious redevelopment plan for the city's Civic Center real estate in light of a looming budget deficit.

Fight over Midway District’s height limit not over yet
Environmental group Save Our Access is asking an appellate court to invalidate the ballot measure that lifted the 30-foot height limit in the 1,324-acre community in between the San Diego...

Port of San Diego hires Carlsbad City Manager Scott Chadwick as CEO
Chadwick s the port with two decades of government experience and will take the wheel of an agency that has been essentially rudderless for 16 months.

Bank takes back 600 B Street office tower in downtown San Diego
Western Alliance Bank took back the building from Rockwood Capital through a forced sale, which was triggered by the real estate investment firm's unpaid debt.

El desgastado muelle de Imperial Beach recibe un mantenimiento de $2,6 millones
Los trabajos de reparación incluyen el reemplazo de dos pilotes que fueron arrastrados al mar

Biblioteca del futuro de $28 millones abre en Pacific Highlands Ranch
La ciudad abrió las puertas de su 37ª sucursal bibliotecaria ante un público de unas 400 personas

Weathered Imperial Beach Pier undergoing $2.6M in maintenance
Repair work includes the replacement of two piles that were swept out to sea in years past.

$28M ‘library of the future’ opens in Pacific Highlands Ranch
The 18,000-square-foot, all-electric facility includes conference rooms, cozy nooks, outdoor areas and a tech-centric idea lab

Downtown office tower sold to buyer planning to convert vacant floors into residential units
After getting a deal, Encinitas-based Ambient Communities intends to redo the vacant floors at 530 B St. with residential units.

City spending $2.8M on remodel of future Mission Valley office
The office building, which is said to be in pristine condition, will be updated to accommodate San Diego's Development Services Department and reconfigured with a new main entrance and public...

The San Diego company at the center of a new era in college sports
JMI Sports is helping athletic departments around the country juice program revenue amid a huge shift in rules around athletes' ability to profit from their name, image and likeness.

San Diego may have violated environmental law in deal to sell Tailgate Park to Padres development team
A Superior Court judge has signaled her intent to rule against the city and the Padres on at least one claim in a lawsuit seeking to kill the pending real...

Document proposing a $425M arena at SDSU Mission Valley sheds new light on old idea
A newly released document reveals more specifics about Oak View Group's late 2021 proposal to design, build, finance and operate an arena near Snapdragon Stadium.

Un “vacío legal” en la ley estatal abre la puerta a un rascacielos de 22 pisos en Pacific Beach
El desarrollador sostiene que está aplicando las leyes estatales y locales con la intención de crear viviendas

With eyes on University City, Irvine Company ready to offload 2 more downtown buildings
Irvine Company has listed for sale its 40- and 50-year-old office towers near Horton Plaza as it shifts attention to a different San Diego neighborhood ripe for new development.

‘Loophole’ in state law opens door to 22-story high-rise in Pacific Beach
A developer is invoking a recently amended state law to erect a hotel and apartment building that promises to tower over its neighbors.

Lead Balboa Park group taps Symphony exec as next CEO
Katy McDonald will take over leadership duties at the nonprofit Forever Balboa Park as the organization seeks to expand its relationship with the city.

El puente de Mission Valley sobre el río San Diego, un proyecto de $53 millones, obtiene aprobación
Se espera que la construcción comience en 2026.

Propietarios intercambiaron 152 armas no deseadas por tarjetas de regalo en un evento en Vista
Las armas recolectadas el sábado serán destruidas a menos que estén vinculadas a un delito o se descubra que fueron robadas.

Mission Valley bridge over San Diego River, now a $53M project, secures approval
The Fenton Parkway Bridge, which SDSU must build as a condition of its purchase of San Diego's former stadium site, promises to create a rare north-south connection over the river...

El parque Grape Street de Balboa Park fue rebautizado en honor a dos policías asesinados hace 40 años
El cambio de nombre se conmemoró durante una ceremonia de 45 minutos a la que asistieron más de 100 personas

Gun owners exchanged 152 unwanted guns for gift cards at Vista event
Gun owners were given $100 or $200 gift cards for turning in firearms.

Teen escapes reported kidnapping attempt near Coronado library
The 16-year-old girl reported the incident to police, who arrested the suspect shortly thereafter.

SAN DIEGO: Trabajan en una rotonda para la intersección cerca del parque Balboa
San Diego invertirá 2,4 millones de dólares en una rotonda permanente en la Sexta y Juniper para que la intersección sea más segura

Roundabout in the works for intersection near Balboa Park
San Diego will spend $2.4 million on a permanent roundabout at Sixth and Juniper to make the intersection safer for pedestrians, bicyclists and cars.

Balboa Park’s Grape Street Park renamed for 2 police officers shot dead 40 years ago
The 5-acre park at 28th and Grape Street was renamed the Officer Tonahill and Officer Ruopp Memorial Park in honor of the officers who were killed there.

San Diego busca transformar 101 Ash St. con 3 ambiciosas propuestas de vivienda asequible
Propuestas de viviendas subsidiadas surgieron después de que la ciudad rompiera relaciones con un postor anterior

San Diego considering 3 low-income housing proposals for 101 Ash St.
Subsidized housing proposals surfaced after the city cut ties with a previous bidder for the troubled property.

San Diego will lease 2 floors in downtown high-rise as part of exit from operations building
The city has agreed to spend $10.6 million on a 5-year, 7-month lease for 43,460 square feet of space at the 550 West C St. tower in downtown San Diego.

Midway Rising gets another year to finalize deal for San Diego’s sports arena site
The city has extended the deadline to finalize a development deal with Midway Rising for its 48-acre property in the Midway District.

San Diego’s largest office landlord sells Symphony Towers for cheap
Irvine Company sold the iconic 34-story office tower at 750 B St. for $45.7 million after 21 years of ownership.

Hazard Center in Mission Valley has a new owner and retail outlook
Los Angeles-based BH Properties purchased the mixed-use complex that faces Friars Road at a deeply discounted price and plans to upgrade the retail center.

In its 95th year, Oceanside Pier Swim continues to draw hundreds of competitors
A Labor Day tradition, this year's pier swim drew around 400 amateur and competitive swimmers for a beloved event that held extra significance

‘I wouldn’t count on that.’ Airport people mover from port site unlikely
Port executive throws cold water on a 2-year-old people mover concept envisioned to travel between San Diego's airport, the port property and the airport car rental facility.

Developer retooling plan for Costa Verde Center near UTC
Life science real estate developer Alexandria has scrapped its plan for the shuttered strip mall and is working on a new vision that will likely include housing.

After 32 years of family ownership, Point Loma’s commercial fishing marina drifts toward a port takeover
Tom Driscoll is getting pushed out of the dilapidated marina that has held the family name for more than 3 decades. But he's also being forced to stay put for...

Proyecto Seaport San Diego obtiene una extensión de 3 años para asegurar aprobaciones gubernamentales
Los Comisionados del Puerto de San Diego acordaron extender el plazo de su acuerdo con el desarrollador hasta 2027